| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 206 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Ideas explained ; 13 |
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Ideas explained series ; 13.
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| Contents |
Wake-up call -- The ones we've been waiting for -- "It just came out of nowhere" -- What is our one demand? -- Is Occupy anti-capitalist? -- VIolence and the Occupy movement -- Beyond occupation |
| Summary |
"The Occupy Movement Explained offers a personal, passionate, and truthful account of Occupy Wall Street and the numerous other occupations, and shows how the movement changed the thinking both of its participants and of a wider public. Nicholas Smaligo corrects many misunderstandings of Occupy--such as the myth that it came out of nowhere, the myth that the Occupiers had no conception of what they wanted, and the myth that the movement simply fizzled as the participants ran out of steam. From Smaligo's gripping account, Occupy emerges as a continuation of living American radicalism, edited out of official history but always there and now resurgent. The movement aims for real democracy instead of the oppressive farce of representative democracy, in which powerful corporate interests control political life in the interest of the wealthiest. Occupy Wall Street is credited with the achievement of changing the national conversation, making inequality a central political issue. But, as Smaligo shows, the movement has had other achievements to its credit, especially those of a transformative educational nature. The Occupy Movement Explained does not merely assemble many useful and often overlooked facts; it also gives a powerful sense of what the movement looked and felt like to those caught up in it"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Occupy movement.
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Political activists -- United States.
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Protest movements -- United States.
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Income distribution -- United States -- Public opinion
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Macroeconomics.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions.
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Income distribution -- Public opinion
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Occupy movement
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Political activists
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Protest movements
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Occupy-Bewegung
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2014942377 |
| ISBN |
9780812698817 |
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0812698819 |
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